Isa 16:2, Jer 48:19 | JFB | e4.org | 2. cast out of . . . nest —rather, "as a brood cast out" (in apposition with "a wandering bird," or rather, wandering birds ), namely, a brood just fledged and expelled from the nest in which they were hatched [HORSLEY ]. Compare . daughters of Moab —that is, the inhabitants of Moab. So [MAURER ]. at the fords —trying to cross the boundary river of Moab, in order to escape out of the land. EWALD and MAURER make "fords" a poetical expression for " the dwellers on Arnon," answering to the parallel clause of the same sense, "daughters of Moab."

‏ Isaiah 16:2

2. cast out of . . . nest—rather, "as a brood cast out" (in apposition with "a wandering bird," or rather, wandering birds), namely, a brood just fledged and expelled from the nest in which they were hatched [HORSLEY]. Compare Isa 10:14; De 32:11.

daughters of Moab—that is, the inhabitants of Moab. So 2Ki 19:21; Ps 48:11; Jer 46:11; La 4:22 [MAURER].

at the fords—trying to cross the boundary river of Moab, in order to escape out of the land. EWALD and MAURER make "fords" a poetical expression for "the dwellers on Arnon," answering to the parallel clause of the same sense, "daughters of Moab."

‏ Jeremiah 48:19

19. Aroer—on the north bank of the Arnon, a city of Ammon (De 2:36; 3:12). As it was on "the way" of the Moabites who fled into the desert, its inhabitants "ask" what is the occasion of Moab's flight, and so learn the lot that awaits themselves (compare 1Sa 4:13, 16).